Park(ING) Day NYC: Mini Parks Pop Up Across Manhattan!

Happy Park(ing) Day New York! Take lunch outside today and enjoy the pop-up parks that are reclaiming parking spaces. New Yorkers will celebrate the 7th annual worldwide celebration all over the city by infusing greenery in over 30 parking spots. Check out all of our Park(ing) Day coverage today as we share exclusive photos from New York and around the globe!

Park(ing) Day began reclaiming parking spots from cars back in 2005 in San Francisco when design studio Rebar transformed a space into a park, and has spread like wildfire. Towns and cities around the world have latched onto the innovation, adding their own creative ideas to the pop-up park roster.

Last year, Bard students transformed a spot into a miniature Shakespeare in the Park, a spot in the Bronx focused their space on alternative street design, Hosh Yoga Park popped up in Greenpoint and Long Island City turned a parking spot into a worm-infested composting lesson.